Joan Springs:
CLASS OF 1982
Cardozo High SchoolClass of 1982
Bayside, NY
CUNY John Jay College Criminal JusticeClass of 1990
New york, NY
SS Joachim & Anne SchoolClass of 1979
Queens village, NY
Joan's Story
What is there to say about me? The writer in me would take this opportunity to knock out a full length novel, but then I wonder, would anyone really care to read it.
I've lived alot in the last 25 years. I graduated from Cardozo in 1982 with the ideals that most of us had. Unfortunately, my life didn't exactly follow the path that I'd chosen.
I didn't get to go Syracuse University like I'd planned to after graduation. My Dad had other plans and well, long story short, I didn't agree with his plan so I ended up out on my own.
Now to take a kid who had basically been sheltered from the "real" world all her life and throw her out into it without any type of a transition, let alone warning of what it was like, is going to be brutal to say the least. I was totally unprepared for the world that I found myself in.
I have been blessed in that I have accomplished most of the things that I set out to do. Maybe not in the order that I wanted to do them in, but accomplished nonetheless. I enrolled in CUNY and attended John Jay College. I obtained a degree in Criminal Justice in 1990. I've had gr...Expand for more
eat job opportunities over the years and have some really great awards for jobs well done. I've been married (happily divorced now), and live in a great area of Harlem.
My daughter's are my greatest success, they are all healthy, intelligent women who have brought me a lot of sleepness nights over the years. They've brought me just as many (if not more) moments of sheer pride as well. The fact that they are all determined, strong and non-yielding in their efforts to make a name for themselves shows me that the sacrifices that I made weren't made in vain. Giving up is not an option in our world.
If I were to try and describe myself, I'd have to say that I would call myself a survivor. I'm proud of the woman that I've grown into. I believe that my mother would be proud of me, and well, that as well as my own self respect is all that I could ask for.
But hey, my story's not over yet, I've got a lot more years in me, and a lot of new directions to go in. I've never been one that just faded into the background. This is just one chapter that's been completed. Stay tuned for the rest of the story!
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